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Accession

1. James Lucas Yeo collection [graphic material]
2. British Military and Naval Records collection [graphic material]
3. [Statement of properties vested in the Secretary of State for War, in the cities of Montreal and Quebec] [cartographic material, textual record] Royal Engineer Canada Command
4. [Plans, indexes and statements of property vested in the Secretary of State for War in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island within the Royal Engineer Command] [cartographic material, textual record] prepared by the Royal Engineers

Date(s)

1757-1899

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

99 m of textual records.
73 maps some mss., ink, col., mounted on muslin, some blackline prints, hand col., mounted on muslin 88 x 111 cm or smaller.
60 architectural drawings ink, col. 73 x 94 cm or smaller.
4 technical drawings ink, col. 46 x 56 cm or smaller.
4 v. (50 p., bound) 55 cm or smaller.
11 p. ink and pencil on blackline prints 49 x 69 cm.
14 leaves mounted on muslin 61 x 86 cm or smaller.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Records of the British military forces in North America consisting of the official correspondence and papers of the Military Secretary of the Commander of the Forces, 1767-1870, the official records of the Canada and Nova Scotia Commands, 1785-1883 and 1762-1899 respectively, and miscellaneous military records, 1757-1896, these latter mostly from private sources. Cartographic material comprised of the following accessions: RG8M 80103/37 consists of consists of property listings and drawings of military holdings vested in the Secretary of State for War, in the cities of Montreal and Quebec, by the Royal Engineer Canada Command; RG8M 84503/34 consists of plans, indexes and statements of property vested in the Secretary of State for War in Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island within the Royal Engineer Command, prepared by the Royal Engineers.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Volumes 0-1914 have been withdrawn from circulation as a protective conservation measure. Researchers must use the microfilm. See the conversion list in Finding Aid 1800 for a correlation of volume and reel numbers. Cartographic material, architectural and technical drawing: Credit Library and Archives Canada.

Finding aid

Textual records Finding Aid 1800 has four parts. First is the Preliminary Inventory to Record Group 8, British Military and Naval Records, as published in 1954, supplemented by typescript lists of additions to 1977. Second is a conversion list which correlates the "C" Series volume numbers with the microfilm reel numbers (also prefixed "C"). Third is a copy of E. Cruikshank's Inventory to the Military Documents in the Canadian Archives, published in 1910, with annotations of volumes added to the series or transferred to RGs 7 and 9 on creation of the Record Groups. MSS1800 90 (Electronic)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002012.pdf

Fourth is the nominal and subject card index to the subject files within the correspondence of the Military Secretary (series I A), and to portions of the Miscellaneous Records (series I D).

Individual volumes may include a table of contents or nominal index, as noted in Cruikshank's inventory.

Cartographic material; textual record Please consult lower level descriptions. Paper finding aids available in the main reference room. RG8M 80103/37 90 (Electronic)

Cartographic material; textual record Paper finding aids available in the main reference room. RG8M 84503/34. 90 (Paper)

INDEX ONLY - British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series): All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: 90 (Electronic)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=23&interval=50&sk=0&

DOCUMENTS - British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, C Series): All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: 90 (Electronic)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=25&interval=50&sk=0&

INDEX SEULEMENT - Archives militaires et navales britanniques (RG 8, série C) : Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : 90 (Electronic)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/numerisation-microforme/006003-110.02-f.php?&q2=23&interval=50&sk=0&

DOCUMENTS - Archives militaires et navales britanniques (RG 8, série C) : Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : 90 (Electronic)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/numerisation-microforme/006003-110.02-f.php?&q2=25&interval=50&sk=0&

Creator / Provenance

British Military and Naval Records. "C" Series.

Additional name(s)

Ford, Charles Erskine, fl. 1829-1884.
Warren, Richard, fl. 1846-1886.
Stotherd, R. I. (Richard John), d. 1879.
Dyott, R. (Richard), fl. 1839-1881.
Great Britain. Army. Corps of Royal Engineers. Army. Corps of Royal Engineers.

Biography / Administrative history

The "C" Series consists of 2020 volumes of records accumulated by the British forces stationed in Canada from 1759 until 1906, as well as sundry military records attached to this series for the convenience of researchers. The origins of the Series and the arrangement of volumes within it are described in the Introduction to the Preliminary Inventory (see FA 1800).

Note: This inventory is not intended to supersede the more detailed Preliminary Inventory to Record Group 8, British Military and Naval Records, or E. Cruikshank's Inventory to the Military Documents in the Canadian Archives.

Additional information

Subject heading

1. Great Britain. Army - Returns, [1767-1870]
2. Great Britain. Army - Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces in Canada, 1767-1870.
3. Great Britain. Army - Petitions, [1767-1870]
4. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Commanding Royal Engineer, [1785-1783]
5. Great Britain. Army - Warrants, [1767-1870]
6. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Principal Medical Officer, [1785-1783]
7. Great Britain. Army - Memorials, [1767-1870]
8. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Commissary General, [1785-1783]
9. Great Britain. Army - Memorandums, [1767-1870]
10. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Storekeeper General, [1785-1783]
11. Great Britain. Army - Certificates, [1767-1870]
12. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Deputy-Adjutant General, [1785-1783]
13. Great Britain - Armed Forces - Canada, 1767-1883
14. Great Britain. Army. Canada Command. Office of the Quartermaster General, [1785-1783]
15. Great Britain - Armed Forces - Nova Scotia, 1762-1899
16. Great Britain. Army. Commander of the Forces in Canada, [1785-1883]
17. Claus family, [1786-1868]
18. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Commanding Officer in New Brunswick, [1784-1899]
19. Freer family, [1786-1868]
20. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Brigade Major in New Brunswick, [1784-1899]
21. Great Britain - Armed Forces - Order-books, [1764-1894]
22. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Commanding Officer in Nova Scotia, [1762-1899]
23. Great Britain. Army - Muster rolls, [1777-1783]
24. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Military Secretary of the Commander of the Forces in Nova Scotia, [1762-1899]
25. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Office of the Commanding Royal Engineer, [1762-1899]
26. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Office of the Quartermaster General, [1762-1899]
27. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Office of the Deputy-Adjutant General, [1762-1899]
28. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Office of the Principal Medical Officer, [1762-1899]
29. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Military Secretary to the Commanding Officer in Nova Scotia, [1762-1899]
30. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Town Major in Halifax, [1762-1899]
31. Great Britain. Army. Nova Scotia Command. Town Major in Saint John, [1784-1889]

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS23620

Related control no.

1. 1983-010 PIC
2. 1989-112 DAP
3. 80103/37 CA
4. 84503/34 CA
5. RG8M 80103/37
6. RG8M 84503/34

MIKAN no.

105012